Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-piti

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This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Algonquian

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Etymology

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From the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok 'na-rpehl/ʔnerpel (my tooth) and Wiyot bápt (tooth).

Noun

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*-piti, -piči, *-i·piti, *-i·piči

  1. tooth

Usage notes

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  • This term was (and in child languages remains) inalienable; it had to be preceded by a personal prefix such as *ni·- (my), *ki·- (your (singular)), or *wi·- (his or her), as in *ni·piči (my tooth), *ki·piči (your tooth), *wi·piči (his or her tooth). For this reason, it is not clear if -i·- was part of the root.
  • č was an allophone of t before i, for which reason some sources give the reconstruction as -(i·)piči.

Descendants

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  • Plains Algonquian
    • Arapaho: néíčiθ (my tooth)
  • Central Algonquian
  • Eastern Algonquian
    • Abenaki: wibid, wipit (her or his tooth)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: -ipit (tooth), as in nipit (my tooth)
    • Mi'kmaq: -ipit (tooth), as in nipit (my tooth)
    • Massachusett: -pit (tooth), as in neepit (my tooth)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: -iput (tooth), as in niput (my tooth)
    • Quiripi: képut (teeth)
    • Unami: -ipit (tooth), as in nipit (my tooth)
    • Munsee: -iipit (tooth), as in níipiit (my tooth)

References

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  • Siebert (1975)
  • Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)
  • Nicholas Evans, Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us